The reaction of Argentina fans to Messi's entry against Paraguay

The Monumental stadium was the place that received the stellar presence of the world champions of the Argentine National Team and their counterpart from Paraguay. The peculiarity of this duel valid for date 3 of the South American Qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup was that Lionel Messi started as a substitute because he is recovering from the injury to his right hamstring. However, at 52 minutes he entered the field of play and the field reacted.

The 36-year-old Argentine star started on the substitute bench this Thursday for matchday 3 of the playoffs because he had been recovering from the hamstring injury in his right leg that had prevented him from playing against Bolivia in La Paz. In the same way, he could not do it in five games with Inter Miami, which is why Tata Martino's team could not qualify for the playoffs and was surprising. That is precisely why it will not have official competitions at the club level until February.

Finally Lionel Scaloni decided to send the best player in the world (for many the greatest of all time) onto the field 52 minutes into the match. The fans stood up from their seats, cell phones came out of their pockets and everyone filmed the moment and shouted in support of the Argentine star. Without a doubt, Messi revolutionizes to the same or greater extent than the rest of the entire team.

The Argentine National Team is no longer ‘Messi dependent’

The Argentine star is still the best player in the world but that does not mean that the Argentine National Team is 'Messi dependent', as it has been for many years. Now the team that won the 2022 Qatar World Cup demonstrated all its greatness and already took the lead after 3 minutes of play with Nicolás Otamendi's volley goal that went around the world. Likewise, Leo is still very important at 36 years old.